Prenatal diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy: Indian scenario

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 641-644

  Kesari, Akanchha ^a   Rennert, Hanna ^b   Leonard, Debra G B ^b,d   Phadke, Shubha R ^a   Mittal, Balraj ^a,c  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Sanjay Gandhi PGI ^*  (India)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrier analysis; Copy number; Genetic counseling; Prenatal diagnosis; SMN1 gene

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; EXONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 23844544703     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1212     Document Type: Article

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